Printing device.



J. S. DUNCAN.

PRINTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED BEIM, 1911.

1,015,757. Patented Jan. 23, 1.912.

JOSEPH S. DUNCAN, 0F CHIGACTO, ILLINOIS, .ASSIG'NOR TO LDDREJSSOGMYHICOMPANY ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIE" I 0F CHICAGO,

wiener.

specification of Leiters raient.

rPatented Jan. lg.

To all whom it may concern:

known that I, JOSEPH S. DUNCAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicag, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and. useful Improvements in Printing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionv relates to that class of printing devices in which the printing characters are'stamped in relief on one side of a metal plate, the other side of the plate showing the printing characters in intaglio.

The object of this invention is to provide a printing device which is adapted to be arranged inaccordance with a card index system with the intaglio side at the front so that` the address stamped on the type may be employed for reference purposes.

A further object of the invention is ,to construct Vthe device in a novel inanner to protect the type characters and also to provide means for securing cards o'n the device to receive information of any desired char Be4 it i acter.;

, ing what I now lconsider to be the preferred -within the depression embodiment of the invention Figur-eI 151s a plan view of a printing device embodying my invention and showing that side thereof 'on which the type characters appear in intagio and ordinarily considered the back of thedevice. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing that side of the device in which the type characters appear in relief and ordinarily considered the front 'of thevdevice. Fig. f1 is a on the line /1-4 of Fig. 3.

The device is preferably stamped from a single sheet of metal and it comprises a cen-- trally disposed panel 5 which maybe of` any desired dimensions but is preferably made as large as possible to accommodate an address of several lines. The panel is depressed in the the type characters are stamped in relief on that side so that they will becont'ained formed by this panel. There are elevated portions 6 at each end of the device, and elevated portions 7 and S at the top and bottom of the device, respectively, on the back thereof, ywhich forma continuous 'border surrounding the panel and preferably elevated as high or higher ings, an`d,4as shown in 9 may may be located in any of the other openings,

front side of the device andl ,are useful in many ways than the plane of the face of the type-characters so that the latter will be protected by reason of their arrangement in the depressed panel and inclosed within the elevated border from injury in handling.4

The device may be provided with index 'tabs of various kinds and I have shown it constructed to receive the tabs 9 and 10.0154 which the former' may be used for alphabeticalclassification and, the latter for geographical classiication as set forth ,in my pending application Serial No. 594,024, tiled November. 25, 1910. These tabs are each provided with stems 11 which are adapted to engage openings 12 and lat the top and bottoni of the 'elevated portion 7. I prefer to remove the metal entirely in forming the openings 12` but in forming the4 openings 13 the metal is arranged to form lips 14 on the back of the device for a purpose hereafter described./. The openings 12and 13 are arranged in pairs one above the other and as many pairs may be provided extending lengthwise of the portion 7 as desired. The tabs may be engaged with any of said openi the drawings, the tab be located behind the tab10, or it as desired.

The edges of the device at the ends thereof are bent to form flanges 15 on the back of the device and the top and bottom edges of the device are bent to forni danges 16 and 17 respectively oh the back of the device. A card 18 may be inserted beneath the flange 16 and the lips 14: 'and bear` the name appearing on the address or any other information or data desired. Another information card 19 may be arranged beneath the fla-nge 17 and lips 20 formed by striking up tween the raised portion 8 and the panel 5. rIhese cards are located in the depressions provided on the back of the device by the elevated border parts 7 and 8 on the'front or printing side of the device and they are not only securely held in place on the device but vthey are protected against injury or defacementand nevertheless ymay be readily removed and replaced. These cards and particularly where the address relates to a 'periodical subscription. The iipperlcard may bear the name of the subscriber printed thereon. or

the metal at the juncture lieany other desired information, and the lower card may bear-,the date of expiration of the subscription." It will be observed that these cards may bereadily replaced at comparatively litt-le expense when the' subscription is renewed and thus avoids the expense'of.

renewing the entire device which would be necessary if the date of expiration was g of business in which the device may be ems in which 'the address is printed-upon en-A stamped directly upon the device itself.

This is vsimply one illustration of the useful-- lness of my device and in themany varieties ployed the cards can be used for other purposes. l 1- y l These devicesv are runy through machines 4iv'elops, etc., audit is desirable, in view of the comparatively soft, character ofthe v metal necessarily employed, that theyv should- 2:0

be stiiened as much as possible to' preserve their shape, not only for tlieaddressing operation but also for storage purposes in accordance with the card index system. This stiienin is produced in my improved de- `vice bj t e` panel, elevated parts and flanges and it is believed that the device will withstand. all ordinary; usage.

, such as the' card 19 which will thereby per' mit the panel 8 to be greatly lessened in width. lf other forms of index tabs4 are employed the card 18 'may-be omitted' and the part 7 greatly reduced inwidth.

What l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A sheet metal printing plate havin a panel stamped therein, said panelbeing' e pressed in one face of the plate and projected at the opposite face of the plate, andprinting characters on the depressed face of the panel, substantially as described.

2. A sheet metal printing plate having a panel stamped therein, said panel being depressed in. one face of the plate andprojected at the opposite face of the plate, and printing characters on the depressed face of the panel and projecting therefrom a dis tance not exceeding the depth of depression lof the panel, substantiallyv as described.

3.' A print-ing plate consisting of an inte- 'gral sheet metal strip having a panel stamped therein within the edges of the plate, said panel being depressed on vone side and elevated on the other side. of the plate, the marginal portion of the plate surrounding the panel constituting a spacer projecting beyond thcdepi'essed face of the panel, and printing characters stamped :in relief on the depressed side of the panel and in intaglio 'on the elevated side thereof, said printing characters project-ing a distance beyond the depressed face of the panel not exceeding the projection ofthe spacer.

4. A printing-plate comprising a sheet metal strip having a type form stamped in reliefl on one side thereof, and a` card-receiving parten the other side of the plate depressed in the plane ot the surface of said other side-of the plate uand lying at one side'l of the type forni, substantially as described. A

metal striphaving a type form stamped in relief on one side thereof, and a card-receiv ing part on the other side of the plate depressed below the plane of the surface of said other side of the plate, said card-receiv and exten" ing lengthwise of the plate,`.subi stantially as described.

6. A printing device comprising a'nietal thereon and a depressed part above said forni on the back of the, device, and means for retaining a card in said depressed part. 7. printing device comprising a metalstrip having a type form stamped in relief thereon and a depressed part above said form on lthe back of the device, a flange at the top and lips at the bottom of lsaid depressed part to retain a card therein. "f

parts on theother side of the plate' depressed below the plane of the surface of said other side of the plateand extending lengthwise thereof, one card-receiving. part being llocated above the type form, and the'tther ,card-receiving part'being located below the type form, substantially as described.

'strip having a `type lformstamped' in relief thereon and -a depressed part belowV said form on the backthereof, and means `for retaining a card in said depressed part.

strip having a type form stamped in reliefA thereon and a depressed part below said form on the back thereof, a hangs, at the bottom and lips ,at the top of said depressed partto retain a card therein.

11. A sheet metal printing plate having a panel stamped therein, said panel being depressed in one face ot the plate and projected; at the opposite face of the plate, and printing characters on thefdepressed faceof the panel, a portion of the plate which projects beyond the depressed face of the panel constituting a depressed card-receiv-- ing part on the opposite side of the plate, substantially as described.'

panel stamped therein, said panel being depressed in one face of the plate and .pro-

5; A printing plate-'comprising a sheetV ing part being located above the type form?, i

strip havingv a type form stamped in relief l 8. A printing plate comprising va sheet 1 instal strip having a type forni stamped in relief on'one side thereof, and card-receiving 9. A printing device comprising a metal l0. A printing device comprising arnetal 12. A .sheet metal printing plate having a y j'ected at the opposite face vof the plate, and printing characters on the depressed face of the panel', a portion of the plate which projects in front of the depressed face of the `panel constituting a card-receiving part,

said card-receiving part being open for 1nspection ofthe card at that face of the plate which is opposite the printing face thereof, substantially as p described.

13. A printing device comprisin a metal strip having a type form stamped'in relief thereon anddepressed parts above and below said form in the backof the device, and means for retaining cards in said depressed parts.

14.y A printing device comprising a metal strip having a type form stamped in relief on one side and appearing in intaglio'on the other Jside thereof, and means on the intaglio side of the device for retaining -a card in place thereon.

'15.v A printing device comprising a metal strip having a type form stampedin relief thereon and an elevated part above the form on the relief side thereof provided With openings, and a detachable tab adapted to be engaged With said openings.

A16. A printing device comprising a nietal strip having a type form stamped in relief thereon and an elevated border above the form on the relief side thereof provided with a plurality of openings arranged in pairs,

and a detachable tab adapted to be engaged with a pair of said openings.

17 A printing device comprising a meta strip'having a depressed 'panel and a type WJ form stamped in relief in said panel, an elevated part above the panel provided with a plurality of openings 'at its juncture with the vpanel and with oppositelr1 disposed openings at the top of said elevated part, and a detachable tab adapted to be engaged with a pair of said openings.

18. A printing plate comprising a metal strip having a depressed panel and a type form stamped in relief therein, a stiifenrng border around said panel and stii'ening flanges at the top, bottom and end edges of the device.-

19. A printingplate comprisinga metal strip having a` centrally located depressed panel With type characters stamped in relief therein, an elevated stiffening border around the panel on the type side thereof, and-stiffening flanges at the top,.bottom and 55 end edges of the device on the back thereof.

JOSEPH S. DUNCAN.

Witnesses:

`WM. O. BELT, M. A. Kionin. 

